Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting – 6 October 2021


Introduction

Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting started at 7pm on Wednesday, 6 October 2021.

Start of Meeting

Guests for the evening were Goodwill and Themba.

Word of the evening ‘Herald’ meaning an official who makes voting on the 1st of November amidst the surrounding hype and activity.

Des Smith was the Toastmaster of the day. He guided us through a successful and exciting packed Toastmasters meeting.

Prepared Speeches

We had three successful prepared speeches:

  1. PL1P1 – (Ice Breaker) by Themba, evaluated by Mthokozisi
  2. PL3P2 – (Elective Project) by Zaina Limalia titled “My ‘Aa!’ Moment” and evaluated by Christoff.
  3. PL1P3 – (Researching and Presenting) by Di Sharp titled “The way” and evaluated by Duren.
  4. PL1P2 – (Evaluation) by Mthokozisi , was evaluated by Duren.

Table Topics/Educational

The table topics were chaired by Des Smith where he asked the question: What would you do to uplift the economy as a cabinet minister?

Grizzly Award

The grizzly bear was awarded to Zaina Limalia for a well-delivered speech. Congratulations!

Highlights for next meeting

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 from 19:00.



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Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting – 15 September 2021



Introduction

Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting started at 7pm on Wednesday, 15 September 2021.

Start of Meeting

Guests for the evening were:

  • Waseem Bava
  • Nastique
  • Themba
  • Matsill
  • Kelly Clarke

Word of the evening ‘Stymied’ meaning to prevent or hinder the progress of.

Christoff Krige was the Toastmaster of the day. He guided us through a successful and jam packed Toastmasters meeting.

Prepared Speeches

We had three successful prepared speeches:

  1. PL1P2 – (2nd evaluation speech) by Mthokozisi Mbamabo titled “The Dark Side of Me” and evaluated by Johara.
  2. Educational – Educational on Beginning your speech by Duren.

Table Topics/Educational

The table topics were chaired by Christoff where everyone got to know each other a bit better through 2 truths and a lie.

Grizzly Award

Although everyone contributed to the meeting, the grizzly bear was awarded to Christoff for being an excellent Toastmaster. Congratulations!

Highlights for next meeting

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 6 October 2021 from 19:00.



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Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting – 1 September 2021

Introduction

Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting started at 7pm on Wednesday, 1 September 2021.

Start of Meeting

Guest for the evening was Adelaide.

Word of the evening ‘Alma Mater’.

Duren Reddy was the Toastmaster of the day. He guided us through a successful and jam packed Toastmasters meeting.

Prepared Speeches

We had three successful prepared speeches:

  1. PL3P1 – (Communication styles) by Johara titles “I am calm. I am steady” , evaluated by Saloshni
  2. PL1P2 – (1st evaluation speech) by Mthokozisi titled “The Power of a Positive Mindset” and evaluated by Judith.
  3. PL5P1 – (Long speech) by Christoff titled “Senqu” and evaluated by Des.

Table Topics/Educational

The table topics were chaired by Duren where everyone got to know each other a bit better.

Grizzly Award

Although everyone contributed to the meeting, the grizzly bear was awarded to Christoff for keeping the audience completely captivated over the entire duration of his long speech. Congratulations!

Highlights for next meeting

Next meeting will be held on Wednesday, 15 September 2021 from 19:00.

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Johannesburg Toastmasters meeting – 2 June 2021

Introduction

Johannesburg Toastmasters Meeting started at 7pm on Wed 2 June 2021.

Start of Meeting

Guest for the evening was Henry.

Word of the evening ‘Envisage’.

First Toast of the Day ‘Health Workers’

Second Toast of the Day ‘Des Smith on his birthday’

Di Sharp was the Toastmaster of the day and she guided us through a successful and jam packed Toastmasters meeting.

Prepared Speeches

We had two successful prepared speeches:

  1. PL1P2 – (2nd evaluation speech) by Odette titled “From Russia with Love” and evaluated by Zaina.
  2. PL4P1 – (Difficult audiences) by Christoff titled “Spur – People with a Taste for Life” and evaluated by Des.

Table Topics/Educational

The table topics were chaired by Johara on using what comes to mind with given colours.

The educational was a follow up from the previous meeting on using different backgrounds for timekeeping.

Grizzly Award

Although everyone contributed to the meeting, the grizzly bear was awarded to Christoff for handling a very difficult audience and giving an excellent speech. Congratulations!

Highlights for next meeting

Election of new Committee for new Toastmasters year from 1 July 2021 to 30 June .

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Club Competition

The Johannesburg Toastmasters held their club competition on the 29th of March 2017.

Tinashe Ncube and Amiel Holilal both won the Speech competition and evaluation competition. Amiel came first and Tinahe came second on both categories.

The 1st price goes to Amiel

The 1st price goes to Amiel

The second price goes to Tinahe

The second price goes to Tinahe

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